Vavi voices his disillusionment with Zuma

Zwelinzima Vavi has learnt his lesson: never trust an individual.

Following his support of President Jacob Zuma in the run-up to the ANC elective conference in Polokwane in 2007‚ the former Cosatu leader today expressed his disillusionment with the macro-economic policies of the Zuma administration.

"Never trust an individual. Trust an institution because it will never disappoint you‚" said Vavi.

"I have learnt my lesson. We are learning lessons every day."

Vavi said unemployment and inequality had reached crisis levels under Zuma's watch‚ despite promises of wide-ranging pro-worker reforms following what organised labor viewed as former president Thabo Mbeki's neo-liberal policies.

Cosatu‚ which is now dominated by a faction sympathetic to Zuma‚ has been unable to resist attempts to implement e-tolls as well as the National Development Plan - RDM NewsWire.